The 100 most-cited articles in orthodontic journals in the last 20 years.

Introduction: This study aimed to identify and analyze the 100 most-cited articles published in orthodontic scientific journals in the past 21 years.

Methods: The research was conducted in the Thomson Reuters Web of Science data citation index, considering articles from 2000 to 2020 and the category of dentistry, oral surgery, and medicine. Information about the number of citations, citations per year, title, authors, year of publication, the title of scientific journals, type of study, keywords, and thematic field were extracted for each article.